Sentence Examples
For the singer, it is arguable that success has come in spite of, rather than because of, her father. |
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In spite of its militarily advantageous location, it has witnessed profound struggle nearly from its inception. |
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And his life force was so strong that in spite of this modest shelter and the total lack of medical care, he triumphed over death. |
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In spite of socialist rhetoric and tight economic controls, socialism was in no way a serious prospect. |
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The famous ending invites the reader to 'take the morality' of the Tale in spite of its apparent lightness of substance. |
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However, in spite of the gloom, government sources yesterday suggested that perhaps all is not lost. |
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The celebrated right-winger had been off-colour throughout the tournament in spite of pep talks by the management. |
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This is in spite of government pressure for the university to come into line with other universities which charge overseas students higher fees. |
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In spite of this, they seem to have completely forgotten this principle when they fail to apprize the value of the Wordless Scriptures. |
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In spite of the run-down facilities, the ma-and-pop owners and the friendliest and most approachable people in Hong Kong. |
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In spite of their overwhelming vote for the violet on Arbor Day in 1897, their favorite flower wasn't officially adopted. |
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Although the vessel was listing to starboard, the skipper continued towards a small island in spite of warnings from the group. |
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In spite of her age, she travels extensively and remains a very active and lively person, known for her remarkable joie de vivre. |
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And yet, as Bliss notes, no one even suggested naming the medical school after its benefactress, in spite of her spectacular gift. |
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In spite of the loss, Waterloo must look to next season with optimism, especially given the talented young players who were rookies this season. |
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In spite of his advancing years, he has regularly paraded nobly through the division lobbies in the cause of the suppression of vice. |
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She does not like the movie her mother's lodger has, in a fit of petty spite, given her mother and her free tickets to see. |
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In spite of the roughness of her hard-worked hands, they had a gentle touch. |
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In spite of the high priority given to the long-range rocket programs, progress was difficult. |
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The deflationary spiral under the long-wave Kondratiev cycle is far from over, in spite of appearances. |
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And yes, in spite of their glowering looks and fierce demeanor, owls can be endearing. |
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In spite of recent market falls, analysts estimate that UK life assurers still have 20-30 billion of such assets. |
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The massive, fortified churches in Estonia are characteristic of the Roman style, in spite of their sharply arched portals and arches. |
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In spite of what you might think, France has plenty of take-out food shops, called traiteurs. |
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In spite of the light drizzle, the crowd milling around a filthy mud tenement continued to swell. |
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He did this with good policies, hard work and persistence and in spite of media bias in favour of his opponent. |
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In spite of the loss, the injuries sustained, and the hardship suffered by the shipless crew, everyone still pressed on with their assignments. |
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And George says that, in spite of many popular misapprehensions, logging is often good for forests. |
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I'm plodding on with the street scene painting and it's beginning to come to life in spite of my tremulous incompetence. |
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In spite of this, Chen et al. claim that the rostral part of the brain was bilobed. |
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But in spite of the misleadingness of such expectations, they nevertheless exist. |
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So it's a meaningless mismatch punctuated by spite, scrappy goals, cards and, with the exception of the peerless Pires, no flair. |
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I smiled in spite of myself, because I knew that that had been me just a few short years earlier. |
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In several instances three works by separate artists are juxtaposed to look like a triptych in spite of their stylistic diversity. |
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Some of Brazil's triumphs have been achieved in spite of their goalkeepers rather than because of them. |
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Insects persist, almost mockingly, in spite of farmers' fierce attempts to snuff them out. |
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In spite of the early kick-off most customers were snubbing the option of coffee and orange juice and opting for lager or bitter. |
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However, in spite of the tightened monetary policy, the growth rate of private sector credit increased moderately. |
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The real origin of all these flags is severely obfuscated by myth and legend, in spite of its relative modernness and high popularity. |
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Dreverhaven seemingly hinders him at every turn, undermining his successes out of spite, trying to break his will and ruin him financially. |
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In spite of all experience they hoped that Prussia was more open to liberal ideas than Austria. |
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In spite of these reform measures that favor the implementation of integration, a number of challenges still lie ahead. |
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Bottles and other missiles were thrown in spite of a huge police presence. |
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In spite of its name, it is neither a stimulant nor an aphrodisiac. |
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In spite of the banners' grandiose scale, the colorful, abstracted figures and landscapes featured in the paintings were inspired by Persian and Indian miniatures. |
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In spite of their image as bland, geriatric pols, the party elders gave the LDP a sense political heft. |
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In spite of the complexities of spanning the globe and a sluggish economic environment, most of these tech transnationals have been delivering outstanding financial results. |
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In spite of that, the aural evidence affirms that Pole's new music largely retains the distinctiveness of the old, in spite of its radical shift in direction. |
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He is becoming more European by the day, almost in spite of himself. |
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In spite of her fervent devotion to the virtues of participatory democracy, localism and the educational imperative, the works only partially exhibited these principles. |
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In spite of his relief, he was promoted to lieutenant general in June 1943, assumed command of U.S. Second Army and was greeted back home as a hero. |
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But in the course of her illness, she said, it was intensely tiresome when people assumed she was at death's door, in spite of statistics proving how good her chances were. |
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But this Arcadian vision arose in spite of a volatile modern history. |
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Cleaning oil spills is still a difficult, inadequate process, in spite of the many new devices and approaches for it. |
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In spite of a recession, over a billion board feet of raw logs were shipped out of the region. |
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He admits countercharging his son's reproaches with the riposte that he had turned out well in spite of often changing step-parents and schools. |
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Yet in spite of its decidedly oneiric quality, the scene presents the two characters in a direct, straightforward manner. |
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Mr Pearse of Solihull is having Mare's Tail problems in his new garden in spite of heavy doses of proprietary weedkiller and regular digging. |
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In spite of budget cutbacks, companies are turning to pay TV because air time is much cheaper than on regular broadcast stations and cable watchers have deeper pockets. |
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Where youth with disabilities are mentored, the mentors and employers learn about the students' capabilities in spite of any disabilities they may have. |
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This was Margo at her best, in spite of her deteriorating health. |
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Scotism never took root in Oxford either, in spite of the fact that the first half of the fourteenth century was dominated by Franciscan thinkers. |
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Examples from Classical Literature
But in spite of this, and the uncanniness of his appearance, there was something about Outa Karel that drew one to him. |
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In spite of the darkness, he could not refrain from unrolling the mildewed cover. |
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For her he was still the unconquered, in spite of his loyal endeavour to seem conquered. |
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In spite of his unconventionally and unorthodox views on religion and his own profession, he was very successful. |
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In spite of my winding it my watch stopped and the hours slipped by uncounted. |
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In spite of her passion for fresh air, Jan shivered herself as she undressed. |
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Most of the settlers in thornhill were well, in spite of the cold, except Mrs Kemp. |
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She's a missable little thing to any one who likes her, and she can tempt him to speak out in spite of himself when he gets back. |
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During the Thermidorian reaction, in spite of his incontestable honesty, he was accused by the anti-revolutionists. |
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Nevertheless, the Sultan detected a shade of hesitation in spite of the magniloquence of this refusal. |
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But in spite of all this he could stand like a gaby and let folks make a laughing-stock of him? |
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When one wants to marry, he generally does so in spite of the obstacles which maladroit legislation may have piled up. |
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There was, in spite of what the girl called her falsity, something generous about her. |
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In spite of the chill outside, he was wearing only a topcoat over his pajamas. |
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Mrs. Hobbs, in spite of her faultfinding and temper, had been a competent and careful housekeeper. |
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She was full-bodied and soft, but well-shaped in spite of a trace of plumpness. |
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The editors usually call it a feature story because it is worth printing in spite of the fact that it has no news value. |
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Salem held one under his nose, in spite of a feint to interrupt them by the soldiers. |
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Because of their humanness has come all the noble growth of civilization, in spite of their maleness. |
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The latter had kept him in power in spite of numerous accusations of malversation and extravagance. |
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In spite of being told not to do so, she bewailed her condition, and fidgeted about in her bed. |
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Even Brock, in spite of his attitude of the tough guy watching over a little girl, was under your control to a certain degree. |
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In spite of her fragility she was, from the habit of self-control, a stronger spirit. |
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Nothing could be firmer than the tone of this letter, in spite of its pensive gentleness. |
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Mr. Squire contends justly enough that in spite of this flecker is anything but a monotonous poet. |
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There was a flash of anger in the girl's eye, but, in spite of it, Fleming continued. |
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In spite, however, of their slight build they are toughly made and very tenacious of life. |
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Still, in spite of frightful drawbacks it was some degrees better than manresa. |
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In spite of the size of the Persian army, which was much larger than his own, Alexander won a complete victory at the Granicus. |
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She will let me take her away from the companionship that must be loathsome to her, in spite of her devotion. |
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Crowne too was a poet, as is evident from Thyestes, in spite of repulsiveness and rant. |
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We should all be ghosts, of course, but the more easily could the sun warm us through in spite of the tramontana. |
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In spite of her fear, however, she was able to hold a grandson in her arms in course of time. |
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And yet I felt quite happy, in spite of the tenth lustrum so near at hand for me. |
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From that moment I felt ill at ease with her, in spite of her graciousness and her kindness. |
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Goodhue's voice was uneasy in spite of the laugh with which he coloured it. |
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You left off in the most ticklish place possible, out of spite, I do believe. |
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Now that the quarry was in sight she was more and more nervous, sneezing at short intervals in spite of her menthol inhaler. |
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In spite of the efforts of the defenders the French effected a lodgment in the tower. |
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In spite of mercantilism, economic questions never became in England the pre-occupation of specialists. |
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But his wife, in spite of our entreaties, rushed on, leaping like a tigress. |
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But in spite of the giveaway, Ingolby was getting them where they were soft-fairly drugging them with good news. |
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He recognized you and gasket when Burthen was killed, in spite of your beard. |
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In spite of all opposition, the bill in an unamended form reached its third reading and was passed on the 5th of April. |
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In spite of this lack of judgment, we cannot fail to recognise in this MAA a certain ingenuity in self-concealment. |
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In spite of the clearest directions, Miss Bartlett contrived to bungle her arrival. |
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You will have seen that, in spite of wind, we have succeeded at the Texel. |
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Yet in spite of all his logic he knew that something was going to happen. |
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Yet, in spite of these continued failures, New York State is still unconscionably cashing the federal checks and pocketing the money. |
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But in spite of the messiness, it was the best food he had eaten in days. |
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All thro spite and malice is noted as if it were what was recited. |
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Thus, in spite of strange food and surroundings, the little one throve. |
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But spite of all your tricks, it Is not in you Judge lynch to do. |
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The time lock had turned without his knowledge, and in spite of himself. |
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You see I have come back in spite of your command, magdalen. |
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And Meg smiled her sweetest, in spite of her gray beard and white eyebrows. |
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In spite of all this choice, another victim is picked by tragical chance. |
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But I got it in spite of him, and mapped out a programme as I drank. |
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The play is simply superb, in spite of the faults of the translation. |
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In spite of the menacing hand, the voice inspired confidence. |
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It seemed to turn against his hands in spite of all his efforts. |
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In spite of all their efforts they could not teach the merman to speak. |
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In spite of all her money she's always been an unappropriated blessing. |
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Katharine, in spite of her emotion, was quick to catch the misquotation. |
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I have a foible for the English in spite of that vilain petit Boulby. |
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Mrs. Austen, in spite of her facile digestion, gagged at it. |
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But in spite of the comical red imps, sparkling elves, and the gorgeous princes and princesses, Jo's pleasure had a drop of bitterness in it. |
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He writes freely and fantastically, in spite of his early training. |
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Lily had something of a business turn in spite of her feminity. |
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She didn't like the new tone, for though not blase, it sounded indifferent in spite of the look. |
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In spite of the gulf set between us, you will still be the mainspring of all my actions, and all the virtues are inspired by penitence and love. |
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It is astonishing how much Eliza still manages to meddle in the housekeeping at Wimpole Street in spite of the shop and her own family. |
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I am well in health, spite of the forcedly sedentary life I lead. |
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In spite of himself, the forecaster's glance fell on the crutch. |
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In spite of his looks, forrester was six years past the limit. |
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It was wonderful to see how well the aged Indian bore up in spite of his years, and walked on ahead. |
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Something about his masterful air pleased Tuck, in spite of his churlishness. |
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In spite of their high resolve, there was a very measurable degree of the furtive in their meetings. |
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This poem is written like a personal letter to all Black girls, who in spite of whatever hardships, have a distinctive beauty in their brownness. |
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I had a hard time, Jo, and shed a good many bitter tears over my failures, for in spite of my efforts I never seemed to get on. |
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In spite of all you say, I positively adore that Grainger boy. |
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Besides, in spite of her greediness, she remained so nice and good! |
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In spite of his nickname, Sally was no greenhorn on occasions like this. |
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In spite of this, neither officers nor men appeared to lose heart. |
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But Meg laughed at the nonsense and felt better in spite of herself. |
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Yet I was still such a blockhead that I missed the lesson of that fear, and in spite of Weena's distress I insisted upon sleeping away from these slumbering multitudes. |
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But in spite of the swiftness with which they flew through the air, the time passed even quicker for Saphir and Serpentine, who had so much to think about. |
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In spite of much investigation we can say of the tribes and localities which appear in it only that they are those of the region of Scandinavia and Northern Germany. |
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I may say I find refreshment in this little coterie, in thus meeting my old acquaintances and subordinates, who worship me still, in spite of all. |
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It was true that they prattled sweet little ideals and dear little moralities, but in spite of their prattle the dominant key of the life they lived was materialistic. |
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She begged him to remain at home, as she could hear the rain pattering against the window, but in spite of her entreaties he pulled on his large mackintosh and left the house. |
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In truth I feared that it was changing, with his expression, even as I spoke, and in spite of his kindly tone and kindlier use of my old school nickname. |
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And, in spite of the cosmopolitan views on which he prided himself, he thanked heaven that he was a New Yorker, and about to ally himself with one of his own kind. |
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No, it was not regret which made Anne's heart beat in spite of herself, and brought the colour into her cheeks when she thought of Captain Wentworth unshackled and free. |
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